Blackboard Learn
Creating Column Categories
Organizing grade columns into categories can be helpful when creating Smart Views, creating Weighted
Columns, or organizing grades by their assignment type. Blackboard has preset categories (Assignments,
Tests, etc.) but you can create custom categories to better suit your class.
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To begin, navigate to the Full
Grade Center in the left-hand
menu.
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In the top toolbar, click Manage
and select Categories.
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The next page displays all
categories that are available as
well as any grade center columns
that are organized into those
categories.

Only columns that you have
created can be deleted,
Blackboard columns are
permanent.

Click Create Category to make a
new category.
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Enter the name of the category.
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Provide an optional description.
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Click Submit.
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